Censorship in Islamic societies/
Trevor Mostyn
- London: Saqi, 2002.
- 216 p. ; 24 cm.
The Islamic world today -- The Islamic world confronts the monster West -- Islamic tolerance and the seeds of despair -- A Satanic mess -- Iran's media frenzy -- Algeria goes to the wall -- Crackdown in post-war Lebanon -- Islam's creative centuries and the age of the courtly poets -- Turning midgets into heroes : the power of the Arab poet -- The eternal problem of Palestine -- Democracy and the Sharʻa : torment or justice? -- Women : conundrum or contradiction? -- Afghanistan : the heart of the matter -- Trouble with mystics -- Who thinks for Islam? -- Western misperceptions of Islam : Islamophobia -- The role of al-Azhar University -- Fatwas -- Publish it not : media and censorship -- The averted gaze : love and death in Iranian cinema -- Censorship and human rights -- Saudi Arabia -- Awaiting the Imam : a golden age of tolerance.